Gavin Houghton - A Very Handy Plate

Each with an oval back in the form of a pierced fan paterae centered by a gilt floral roundel and edged in gilt; the dished seat with gilt banding raised on front square tapering leg...

The adjustable columnar support surmounted by an open loop, fitted with an adjustable horizontal rod terminating in a downward arched lamp head with one socket; on a turned round plinth...

Each in the shape of a Grecian urn with two outward scrolling handles and fitted with two bulb sockets; mounted on black faux marble-painted bases with gil...

Each with round gilt-edged platform supported on three square legs with guilloche decoration, headed by lion's masks and terminating in paw feet; on a tripartite spreading base with ...

Comprising a central, removable disk flower in two parts, the underdish also depicting sunflower petals, with a green stem-form handle and green leaves. Makers mark on bottom, Mottah...

Each with brown line-edged rim and hand painted with botanical specimens including woolley cineraria and clematis virginiana in pinks and purples; some with iron-red script with spec...

Very rare French Majolica dark blue, pink and grey oyster plate unsigned from Fives Lille, circa 1890.

Very rare French Majolica dark blue, pink and grey oyster plate unsigned from Fives Lille, circa 1890.

This is a finely hand painted large and rare early Stone China (Ironstone) plate / stand or platter which dates to the George 111 period, circa 1815. Made by the DAVENPORT factory of Longport, Staffordshire Potteries, England. The plate is very well potted with a slightly raised central circular section. This plate is beautifully hand painted in a pattern called "Stork", which is pattern number 24 and one of Davenport's very few Chinoiserie patterns. This bold pattern features polychrome enamels with a stork, chrysanthemum and peony in an oriental garden. There are under-glaze blue transfers in under-glaze cobalt blue, with orange, pink, and brown over-glaze enamels. The pattern is embellished with excellent hand gilding. This pattern is a match to the Ralph & James Clews pattern called " Crane in Chinese Garden". A photo of the Clews plate in this pattern is on page 142 of Griselda Lewis' "A Collector's History of English Pottery". The mark on the base of the Plate or Platter is Godden's 1183, a blue printed DAVENPORT STONE CHINA...

Both showing a central field decorated with striking hand painted Heraldic crests, the rims decorated with hand painted Baronial coronets within gilt edged detail. The reverse of eac...

Very large Moroccan ceramic platter Very large Moroccan ceramic platter. Made in the Atlas mountains these huge platters are a labour of love. They are h...

11 1/2" h x 10" dia (5" opening) The history of the Korean moon jar is closely intertwined with the Joseon Dynasty and Confucian ideals of simplicity and elegance. Unlike most jars, ...